Originally Posted by
TenYearsGone
Is your pilot group unionized? I spoke with a Frontier Pilot, pretty senior. He is very happy and excited about the future. He told me he started making $50K a year as Captain in the mid 90s and that now he is over $180K, he sounded content.
TEN
Yes, Frontier Airline Pilot's Association. FAPA. In house.
Everyone is excited about the future, but many sacrifices were made by my progenitors, and if the company does well, so should the pilot group.
This kind of complacent "I'm just so happy to have a job" attitude described by your run-in is exactly what will doom us here. I am afraid there are a lot of them.
I know you're the choir
, but we do a vitally important job and need to be compensated accordingly, period. The chart I posted says it all.